Budapest is experiencing a summer of passion for sport: in addition to tickets at reduced prices, the World Athletics Championship It was accompanied by a program of concerts and recreational activities to bring the discipline to the widest possible public.
On the second day, fans, including many families, filled the stadium built especially for this event, with a maximum capacity of 35,000 people.
athletics in Hungary It is not the most popular sport, although it already has some athletes who tend to achieve great results such as Bencze Halász (hammer), György Herczegh (javelin) or the heptathlonist Xénia Krizsán who placed fourth in the world championships .
ATTRACT TOURISTS AND LOCALS
To attract fans and those who do not show interest in the “king of sports” the organizers have set the minimum ticket price at 18 euros on weekdays and 23 euros on Saturdays and Sundays.
Those who do not live in Budapest can travel to the capital by train and bus at a reduced unified price of 2,023 forints (a symbolic price referring to the year of the World Cup), that is: 5.3 euros.
In the middle of Budapest and also on the side National Athletics Center (official name of the stadium) entertainment spaces were created, where tourists and locals can try different sports and learn about the history of athletics, as well as attend concerts.
“We are in a miserable physical condition,” several young Hungarians told EFE between laughs, after trying to reach the height of the jump for national athletes and recounting that on Sunday they were in the stadium, where “there is an incredible atmosphere.”
Between August 19 and 27, the 9 days of the World Cup, 300,000 reservations for hotel nights were registered, says a tourism expert, Robert Richard Kiss, quoted by the MTI agency, which described this number as “very strong”.
Feel the crowd in the center of the city, where those come to world they add to the high season tourists.
Although the expert did not give an exact number in relation to previous years, he added that Hungary it has become a country with sports tourism, emphasizing that these travelers generally “spend more and stay more days”.
Walking and marathon competitions are organized in the middle of Budapest, which assumes important traffic limits on major roads, such as Andrássy, and the digitally oriented machine times He described the situation as a “nightmare”.
CONFLICTING DATA
At the entrance to the stadium, a Hungarian family from the city of Debrecen, in the east of the country, explained to EFE that they do not want to miss “an event like this”.
“Although Hungary does not have big athletics stars, seeing international athletes live and the stadium, full of people, it will definitely be an experience for my son,” explained Tamás Kiss, the father.
His son Bence, wearing the official World Cup jersey, at first could not identify any favorite athlete, but after a while he said he wanted to see the Hungarian. Janka Molnár in the women’s 400 meters.
Even if it’s him world mobilized many Magyars, according to a recent survey by public institute, 53% of Hungarians do not even plan to follow the World Cup on television or other media.
20% of respondents do not know where the event will take place.
Hungarians are more critical when asked about return on investment, with 71% saying the world it is not profitable.
And this is the construction of the stadium, the National Athletics Center, are marked by discussions of Government with the authorities of Budapest and the 9th district, where the stadium is located, which is worth €640 million in the public budget.
Source: La Verdad
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